Events
May 22, 2024
Kohei Saito: Marx’s Idea of Degrowth Communism in the Anthropocene
Please join us for a lecture by Kohei Saito, “Marx’s Idea of Degrowth Communism in the Anthropocene,” next Wednesday, May 22, 5:00–6:30pm in SSRB 122.
Saito is associate professor at the University of Tokyo and the author of Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto (2024), Marx in the Anthropocene (2023), and Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy (2017).
This event is co-sponsored by CEGU, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, 3CT, the Practical Philosophy Workshop, the German Philosophy Workshop, and the Department of Philosophy.
May 23, 2024
May 1 – July 14 WORKS BY: Tony Lewis with Bethany Collins, Devin T. Mays & Ellen Rothenberg
How much work does it take to make art seem effortless, the laboring body absent? Works By attempts to answer this question by bringing together four Chicago-based artists who share an interest in the many meanings of “labor.” The centerpiece of the exhibition is a floor drawing by Tony Lewis, performatively produced on site. A sculpture by Devin T. Mays features pallets collected during his wanderings around Chicago’s South Side. Erased: (Unrelated), a 2012 photograph by Bethany Collins, captures a cloud of chalk dust released into a black void—the remnants of the word “unrelated” repeatedly written on a blackboard and then erased. A large photo by Ellen Rothenberg depicts a work boot; another captures a giant lump of crumpled paper that was once a Barbara Kruger mural. The fruits of these artists’ labors will be on view from May 1 (International Workers’ Day) through July 14 (Bastille Day)—two dates that commemorate landmark events in the history of the working class.
Curated by Dieter Roelstraete.
May 23, 2024
Health Economics Workshop (HEW)
Join us for a presentation by
Amanda Starc, PhD
Associate Professor of Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern
Multidimensional Screening and Menu Design in Health Insurance Markets
The Health Economics Workshop (HEW) is an interdisciplinary workshop that features participants from the Social and Biological Sciences Divisions, several professional schools (Business, Law, Public Policy, and Social Service Administration), and faculty from outside the University of Chicago.
Held weekly, HEW is an important venue to present research in the areas of health economics, medical decision-making, health services research, health policy, and topics related to population health. It also provides a forum for professional development and mentoring of students and junior faculty.
Funding for the series is provided by CHeSS, the Department of Public Health Sciences, the Harris School of Public Policy Studies, and the UCANU Health Services Research Program.
Workshops are held on Thursdays from 3:30-5:00 pm, in-person, located at the Sky Suite at the Harris School.*
May 23, 2024
CAS Workshop - EATRH ft. Dr. Yuan Tian
We invite you to attend the final session of spring quarter’s East Asia: Transregional Histories Workshop to be held next Thursday, May 23. Please note the difference in location from our usual workshop setting. Refreshments and a catered dinner will be provided to celebrate the end of another productive year for EATRH workshop.
May 23, 4:00 to 5:30pm | Dr. Yuan Tian
Teaching Fellow, Social Sciences Division
Paper title: Chinese Junks Flying Foreign Flags: Tax Evasion, Provincial Revenue, and State-building in Treaty Port Chongqing
Discussant: Jiakai Sheng, PhD Candidate in History
Location: CEAS 319, 1155 E 60th St
The paper can be accessed here. The password is “lijin”
May 23, 2024
CSRPC & CSGS Year-End BBQ
Please join the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture (CSRPC) and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality (CSGS) as we celebrate the end of the 2023-24 academic year.
We will have great food (with plenty of veg-friendly options), drinks, and music to welcome the summer.
All are welcome!
May 23, 2024
CSRPC & CSGS Year-End BBQ
Please join the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture (CSRPC) and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality (CSGS) as we celebrate the end of the 2023-24 academic year.
We will have great food (with plenty of veg-friendly options), drinks, and music to welcome the summer.
All are welcome!
May 23, 2024
WORKS BY: Exhibition Opening Reception
How much work does it take to make art seem effortless, the laboring body absent? Works By attempts to answer this question by bringing together four Chicago-based artists who share an interest in the many meanings of “labor.” The centerpiece of the exhibition is a floor drawing by Tony Lewis, performatively produced on site. A sculpture by Devin T. Mays features pallets collected during his wanderings around Chicago’s South Side. Erased: (Unrelated), a 2012 photograph by Bethany Collins, captures a cloud of chalk dust released into a black void—the remnants of the word “unrelated” repeatedly written on a blackboard and then erased. A large photo by Ellen Rothenberg depicts a work boot; another captures a giant lump of crumpled paper that was once a Barbara Kruger mural. The fruits of these artists’ labors will be on view from May 1 (International Workers’ Day) through July 14 (Bastille Day)—two dates that commemorate landmark events in the history of the working class.
May 24, 2024
May 1 – July 14 WORKS BY: Tony Lewis with Bethany Collins, Devin T. Mays & Ellen Rothenberg
How much work does it take to make art seem effortless, the laboring body absent? Works By attempts to answer this question by bringing together four Chicago-based artists who share an interest in the many meanings of “labor.” The centerpiece of the exhibition is a floor drawing by Tony Lewis, performatively produced on site. A sculpture by Devin T. Mays features pallets collected during his wanderings around Chicago’s South Side. Erased: (Unrelated), a 2012 photograph by Bethany Collins, captures a cloud of chalk dust released into a black void—the remnants of the word “unrelated” repeatedly written on a blackboard and then erased. A large photo by Ellen Rothenberg depicts a work boot; another captures a giant lump of crumpled paper that was once a Barbara Kruger mural. The fruits of these artists’ labors will be on view from May 1 (International Workers’ Day) through July 14 (Bastille Day)—two dates that commemorate landmark events in the history of the working class.
Curated by Dieter Roelstraete.